Fox666 wrote:Even if it the natural flow of an arc is the the final villain being the strongest, there are several hints that show this wasn't the case with Pure Boo.
Well, that basically means that it doesn't matter what the way, obvious not not, that the author would take the story is, but that in the end only the reader's personal interpretation matters. That's fine, but since the main topic was about if Toriyama ever said something on it, I just figured the appropriate answer would be to point out the way it would be "meant" to be, even if a reader's personal interpretation doesn't match it.
Fox666 wrote:Are you talking about Gotenks-absorbed Evil Boo?
There is a brief moment which Goku goes Super Saiyan 3 to confront him:
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As you see, he wasn't just stronger than Goku, but was in a different level which Goku don't stand a chance.
What does that have to do with what I mentioned? The fact remains that Goku was under the initial impression that he was to fight Buu without fusion. That means he must have been capable of something. Otherwise his response to Rou Kaioshin would have been, "Don't do it! I'll be annihilated in an instant! You'd be throwing your life in the garbage!" Instead he accepts the offer and then sticks his fingers right to his head to go and fight Buu without fusion. And we never see how he would have done. All we know is he was willing to sacrifice Rou Kaioshin's life to go fight Buu which means he must have been capable of at least making some kind of difference.
Merite, you are speculating a lot with that theory...it's not vague in the manga at all that Super Buu>Kid Buu
I can understand getting the impression that Pure Buu was not the strongest Buu of all, but the manga explains who was stronger between Evil Buu and Pure Buu, at least. As I said above, the build up to it all started when Evil Buu panicked and said, "I will no longer be myself!" to Vegeta. What Evil Buu meant by that was later revealed when Kaioshin explained the affect the absorptions had on Buu and why. Kaioshin said his heart, which through absoption had even caused his power to be reduced, has returned to it's original state. Absorptions changed Buu's heart which also caused his power to be reduced. That's why Evil Buu freaked out and said he wouldn't be himself. He'd lose the heart that made him who he was which would essentially mean he no longer exists. And by not having that heart, he also no longer had the reduced power that it came with. So that means the previous Buus were somewhat controllable, had personality traits like like love for food, and reduced power thanks to the new heart that was gained via absorptions.
And why would Goku be waiting anxiously for ten years for a rematch with the reborn Buu if he already had guys that were way stronger around that were already trained? I guess he just wanted to be a jerk and thought, "Gohan could give me a way better fight than Buu did, but I think I'll go train the reborn Buu just so I'll have an excuse to run away, again."
